Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Dortmund, Germany
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3.2 km
183 m
Explore Dortmund in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in DortmundIndividual Sights in DortmundSight 1: Sankt Peter Syburg
St. Peter is a Romanesque church in Syburg, now a suburb of Dortmund, Germany. It is the active Protestant parish church of Syburg, officially named "Ev. Kirche St. Peter zu Dortmund-Syburg". It serves as a concert venue for the bimonthly Syburger Sonntagsmusiken.
Sight 2: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal
The Sigiburg was a Saxon hillfort in Western Germany, overlooking the River Ruhr near its confluence with the River Lenne. The ruins of the later Hohensyburg castle now stand on the site, which is in Syburg, a neighbourhood in the Hörde district of Dortmund. Archaeological evidence suggests the site was occupied in the Neolithic era. The hillfort was raised ca. 700 by Westphalian Saxons. During the Saxon Wars, it was taken by the Franks under Charlemagne in 772, retaken by the Saxons in 774, and taken again and refortified by Charlemagne in 775.
Sight 3: Syberg
The Syberg is a hill in the Ruhr in the southern part of Dortmund, 240 m above sea level (NN), which is part of the Ardey Hills. The Syberg is home to the Sigiburg, the Vincke Tower, a monument to Emperor William I and other points of interest.
Sight 4: Vincketurm
The Vincketower is an octagonal, neo-Gothic and 26 metres high viewing tower near the Hohensyburg in the Syburg district of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sight 5: Naturbühne Hohensyburg
The Naturbühne Hohensyburg is an open-air theatre in the Syburg district of Dortmund, Germany. The theatre is located in a valley of the Ardey Mountains sloping down to the Ruhr below the Hohensyburg.
Sight 6: Haus Husen
Haus Husen is a manor house on the right bank of the Ruhr in the district of Hörde, Dortmund, Germany. It was built in 1830 in the style of classicism. It is now owned by the Evangelical Church of Westphalia.
Sight 7: Burg Husen
Husen Castle is a medieval tower house of a castle in the Dortmund borough of Syburg in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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